Interesting cricket stat

[Lance B]

Quite an amazing cricket stat came to my attention today. It has been claimed by someone on radio, the following:
Sechin Tendulkar has played 200 tests for a total of 15926 runs and 51 centuries.
With the Australia and England test match currently being played, Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook are both playing their 100th test each, therefore 200 between them, both are captains and Alastair Cook has 25 centuries and Michael Clarke has 26 centuries, the same added together as Sechin Tendulkar, but also their aggregate total test runs is the same as Sechin Tendulkars! How amazing is that? Added to that, if Alastair Cook had scored any runs today instead of getting a first ball duck, then it would have thrown the stat out. This is the first duck anyone has scored in their 100th test.
However, having done a little research, it seems that the claimant got it slightly wrong and the total runs scored seems to be slightly out. Sechin Tendulkar has actually scored 15921 runs and when Clarke, 7987 runs, and Cook's 7951, total runs are added together it adds to 15938, so, a 17 run difference. Still, the coincidence is still quite amazing even to be only out by 17 runs over all those tests and the fact that both captains are playing their 100th test, with similar runs and similar centuries to their names.
Maybe someone else can verify my stats.

[paulheath]

id rather not mention the cricket..... me being a pom and all that

[Mark L]

You seem to have got the 15921 runs right Lance.
And the rest must be true, it's on TV ..... http://www.in.com/news/sports/is-thi...2609-in-1.html

A quite amazing statistic.

And for Paul, cricket's wonderful
About time the wheel turned.
It's interesting how a good team covered their decline so well. They haven't scored over 400 runs in their last 21 innings. Bowlers don't deliver, it all falls down.

[Lance B]

However, if you look up Wikipedia for Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook and Sachin Tendulkar:
Michael Clarke:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...28cricketer%29
99 tests and 7940 runs add this test 23 and 24 runs = 7987 runs and 100 tests

Alastair Cook:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Cook
99 tests and 7879 runs add this test 72 runs = 7951 runs and 100 tests

Total = 15938 runs, 17 more than Sachin Tendulkar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar
200 tests and 15921 runs

If you look up ESPN Cricket info:
Michael Clarke:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/cont...ayer/4578.html
99 tests and 7940 runs add this test 23 and 24 runs = 7987 runs and 100 tests which is the same as Wikipedia.

Alastair Cook:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/...yer/11728.html
99 tests and 7883 runs add this test 72 runs = 7955 runs and 100 tests which is 4 more runs than Wikipedia

Total = 15942 runs, 21 more than Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/cont...yer/35320.html
200 tests and 15921 runs which is the same as Wikipedia.

Who is right?
According to the article you linked to,
http://www.in.com/news/sports/is-thi...2609-in-1.html
Alastair Cook did score 7955 runs, the same as what ESPN Cricket Info has stated.
It is Michael Clarke's score that doesn't seem to add up to what the article has said, 7966 runs, whereas both Wikipedia and ESPN Cricket Info state 7987 runs if you include his scores in this test - 7940 plus 23 and 24 runs.

[macmich]

trouble is tendulkar a freak of the game
clarke and cook might be in the game for that long and still scoring freely, but more likely than not slow down a fair bit as career lengthens
there would not be many players that can or will keep going for as long and as freely as the great tendulkar, but they are pretty impressive stats
cheers macca
ps.. go the aussies

[Gonk0]

If Alastair Cook had scored any runs today instead of getting a first ball duck,

I always thought that a first ball duck was a GOLDEN DUCK.

[arthurking83]

id rather not mention the cricket..... me being a pom and all that

Cricket .. cricket ... cricket ... cricket!



(hey! we gotta lap it while we can before it all goes south on us .. then it's your turn again)


ps. the crickets around here are making some wonderfully melodic music at the moment too ....










... I might take the time to go out there and reduce them all to ASHES!

[macmich]

a kid was walking down the street and found a cricket ball, he turned around the next corner and found another cricket ball, he turned around the next corner and found a cricket with no balls
cheers macca

[ApolloLXII]

What would be amazing is if the cricket was actually worth watching these days. It all seems such a yawn and a far cry from the days of the truly greats like Lillee, Marsh, Chappell and Walters. I would hazard a guess that the reason Sachin Tendulkar has scored so many runs is due to the fact that he has faced a lot of crap opposition bowling.

[Mark L]

.......
It is Michael Clarke's score that doesn't seem to add up to what the article has said, 7966 runs, whereas both Wikipedia and ESPN Cricket Info state 7987 runs if you include his scores in this test - 7940 plus 23 and 24 runs.

Jeez google can be frustrating with so much rubbish information running around. It's like the screen shot of the equal runs is a fact now.
Anyway, eventually found an believable explanation for the confusion Lance. And yes you'd be right.

There was a comment on a site (comment # 3173 not quite that many);
"Michael Clarke 100 tests 7987 test runs not 7966 a bit of an over site"
And a response to that comment was;
"you are right but that snap is taken at the time when the tally matched Sachin's total during Aus 2nd Inn while Clarke was batting"

So there you go.

[Lance B]

What would be amazing is if the cricket was actually worth watching these days. It all seems such a yawn and a far cry from the days of the truly greats like Lillee, Marsh, Chappell and Walters. I would hazard a guess that the reason Sachin Tendulkar has scored so many runs is due to the fact that he has faced a lot of crap opposition bowling.

You mean Warne, McGrath, Muralitharan, Akram? Hmmm, that's a big call.

[Greeny]

I'm just happy that we're smashing the Poms at the moment ... looking forward to Melbourne & Sydney ... 5 blot I reckon!!

[Lance B]

Yep, nothing like the boxing day test.

[cupic]

id rather not mention the cricket..... me being a pom and all that

Your forgiven but only just

cheers